Railways has made preparations to run around3000 special trains during the the Mahakumbh at Prayagraj starting from coming mid-January . The Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav informed about this to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath through a letter, officials here on Friday said .
"Northern Railway in association with other zonal railways is operating more than 2,950 festival special trains during the festival season from October 1 to November 30," an official statement said on Monday.
To be flagged off on April 15, Manaskhand Express will ferry devotees and tourists from other states to the temples of the Kumaon region in Uttarakhand.
Fadnavis said that Maharashtra BJP has arranged six special trains and 338 buses for devotees going to the Konkan region
Tamil Nadu's minister for Health, Ma Subramanian' and Minister for Disaster Management, KKSSR Ramachandran were present at Chennai's MGR Central Railway Station to receive the passengers.
The 02121 Shramik Special carried over 800 others from Maharashtra's Nashik, all stranded there for weeks after a lockdown to fight coronavirus was imposed nationwide.
The North Western Railway will run a special train between Haryana’s Sirsa and Rajasthan’s Nokha on September 18 for the…
